Viewing Event Record: Burbage and Brayne are indicted for illicit and violent assemblies at the Theatre

Abstract

John Brayne and James Burbage are charged with having presented plays at the Theatre in Holywell to illicit assemblies of people 'on 21 February, . . . and divers other days and time before and after.' Their illicit gatherings have resulted in 'great affrays, reviling, tumult and near insurrections, and divers other malefactions and enormities,' to the general peril and disturbance of the peace. The indictment suggests that all performances at the Theatre are unauthorized.

Date Event Recorded

Date

From: 14 April 1580 (Source of claim: original)

Date Event Happened

Date

From: 21 February 1580 (Source of claim: transcription)

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Theatre

People